Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. [16], Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1926 Page: 1 of 2
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Let Ua, Each And Every One, Co-operate And Help Make bevelland A Larger And Better Place To Live
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ockley County Heral
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The Official Paper of Hockley County.the Heart of the Great South Plains, where Hefftthr Wealth and Happiness Abound
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Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, Friday, December 3, 1926.
Intense Interest Forecasts an Exciting Race For The Ford Car
Eight Candidates Now-in the Field and A F” “er ! LEVELLAND SCHOOLS WILL SOON Local and Persona!
All Moving Fast—Others Will
Enter From Nearby Towns
With interest and enthusiasm on
every hand increasing by leaps and
bounds as the news spreads, and with
several ladies already out at the mer-
Arranged Alphabetically:
Mrs. Katie Boyer—White Face.
Miss. Lolan Bowers.
Mrs. VV. C. Breedlove.
Mrs. C. E. Edgar—VVhitharral.
Miss Ruby Graham.
Mrs. C\ A. Luck.
Mrs. VV. G, Murray-— Clauenv.
Mrs. Ret Richardson.
Now a Borger Baker
Borger, Nov. 2T—Two years ago
Asa E. Ramsey was worth half a
million.
Six months ago he Was flat broke.
Today, beating back, he is accu-
mulating a new fortune.
Ramsey; 52, former governor of
the tenth district Federal Reserve
bank of Kansas City, now is pro-
prietor of a modest bakery here.
Until early tbis'year his life story
was like that of many other success-':
lul financers.
BE ON STATE ACCREDITED LIST
Much Progress Made for the Short Time Since
Organization — State Supervisor Makes Re-
commendations For Standard Equipment.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hill and family]!
visited friends tn Tahoka Sunday. —1
Mrs. Robert
to be very ill
week.
Cov^y is
with the
reported
Flu thlf!
Nothing bespeaks the rapid pro-
gress of Levettartd more thali Tfs
public schools. In fact the provis- superintendent,
nas made splendid progress.
The strr«*tyisor wishes td thank the
other members of
Mrs. Rex Ragan is spending the
week visiting relatives and friends at
Big Springs. ‘
ry pastime of gathering subscriptions
the Herald’s Big Circulation Cam- Miss Ruby Graham. Until early this'year his life story public schools. In fact the provis- superintendent, other members of Mrs. A. M. Nippert and son, Ovid,|
paign is getting under way nicely. Mrs. C A. Luck. - ' was like that of many other success-' sjons made for the education of the the faculty, the president and sec re- Jester, Oklahoma are v$tin
Ladies of Levelland and surround- Mrs. VV'. G. Murray-^Clauenv. ml financers. . young iri any town van be safely tary of the hoard, and other citizens friends and relatives here this week.^
-i«g towns have been stirred to instant, Mrs. Pet Richardson. FvomTf loWlv position in a Sulphur taken as an accurate barometer of who assisted her and made her stay -
action by the wonderful opportu- ' _ ", ~ '..... SpBirgiCTt'xas, ' -bank • he climbed the .pttMic.united ness and Jofty _,as- plesant in LeVelland._______ _ _Mrs. D. Williford has accepted a
nity that is presented to win a new Everybody Win* v until he became casnier of pirations of its citizenship. Within Superintendent Try' states that position with MatheSon Bro'sTT a* '
Ford Car in exchange f >i just a One of the .above ladies by uti- -the National Bank of Commerce, two short years after the organizn- . some .of the library books are miss- saleslady in their new dry goods de-
little energetic effort, N. Jpubt Ezing her spare time for the next Paul’s Valley, 'Oklahoma; president »tion of the High School it is to be- ing and asks that should they be in partmenf.v
there will he several r.ev candidates few’ days will receive a new" Ford ,,f the Stfaton Trust Company, Pur- eome an accredited institution, the the homes of the patrons,
to enterOhe race this week, as the [ Car worth $459.00 purchased of tell. Oklahoma; cashier of the First
campaign is just getting started and and nov\ on display at the King National bank, Mussogee, Oklahoma,
there is plenty of time for new can- Motor Co., sales rooms. Another president of the Oklahoma Bankers
riidates to get n th' race, and plenty will receive $100.00 in Gold.' association, and vice-president of
of good territory t« n „
— Now IS the Time to Enter
____Up to Saturday, December 1 j th a
nl bonus of lj)0 094 extra votes
given with earn $20.00 turned
is positively the largest and
kr that'wRl b< made (• ui■.• i-r
paign.
Think it Over
National Bank, Kansas
All other candidates will receive a *he Hovers
cash commission_of ten per cent on L't.v.
all sales.
Now is the time to show your
friends you are a “worker" and not
a “quitter.’.
Pay Ho attention to idle rumors. i(U.nt „f L lt.a(|ing bank of Tulsa,
Make, out Xffur nimd that you have oklahom*^ ..The. bank’s capital was
tory equipment.
The defects are not in the work
■Pg this vot- period one ten as good chance_t«. win the Ford and apparently there 'was' hptrrg done IryAthe teasers of the
■subscription will count 100,000 Cal a> aaynmV a bright / future before it;'then, ah- pnpiis. handicapped though they may
votes. Ten of these “long timer-'’ Convince your friends that you " ruptly. i|[ fell into difficulties. ’’c By a Lack of a few things the
will count,.a million. -Wav •. >t try for., are in the race to stay and rtiean to _]t_ became meemssary to produce S!a?'J iXl artment of Education think
in Level- ———
graduates of which may' enter the land or vicinity, that they-fee brought Mrs. J. P„ Hill and Mrs. A. Ml
State University and other colleges hack to the school building. These Nippert returned Wednesday aftefl
of higher learning without an hooks were out of the library at the a few days visiting friends and rela-’
entrance, examination. We say it time the Supervisor was here, and of fives at Tahoka.
will, because, the work it is doing course, the school did not get credit -— I
entitle it to the proper number of for possessing them,. Let us all look
Theii~he /became governor of the credits, and the only thing needful through our book shelves and see if
Federal Reserve Bank.; and nw—of—'at -the -present- time., to make , it ■ a pu.ssih.ly we might have some volumn
Federal Reserve Bank, and one of standard High School is a matter that might’ belong to the Public
the West’s! financial leders. Tff minor detail—a few more sup- Schools..
Then hi/ resigned to become pres- ph niental work; a little more labora- - —-----
Mrs.- Harry Trueblood, of ChicK-
asha, Oklahoma, is here- visiting hdr
father, Joe M'. Barnhart. She ws
accompanied by her small son
Harry Jr. ~
Mis. T. E. Pope Dies
in Lubbock Sanitarium
i
Major H. Rogers was over from
Levelland Tuesday in the interest of
his local business. Major says he
is doing a good business in Levelland
—O'Donnel Index.-----*—
a few of the big ones.
A Short Campaign
The campaign will positively
a million dollars, overnight, to’ essential. Of course, a
ti,j. bahK ' must he set and observed
“carry on” to the end, and they will- half
all rally to your support. save
No one is interested iVi any way Without hesitation, Ramsey put
on Wednesday, Dec. 22nd.( so ^11 with this Campaign except the Her- up his private fortune. He saved the H the one to say what it shall he.
aid. The prizes, will be bought and. mink; lint he left himself virtually Levelland is building a $50,000 buil
paid for. by the Herald and no-can- penniless
The
The many friends and
standard /tames ot Mrs. T. E. Pope were
in all its KT'ieved to learn of her death, which
many mends and acquain- __
W. R. Ward, a Pharmacist of
W ichita Falls, has moved to this
Department occurred Wednesday afternoon in the ■ place and will have charge of the
“candidates can well afford to devoi*
;ery spare moment of their uivo to
J*
this work.
d:ng $n house its' High School and is
One hour may mean the didate will have any advantage.-The—That I was early this year. Bnryyr, not guing to let a few hundred
~7 diff TiiiTg“.;y,rgu?: • a—00.00 ,, j—i—. jilrq pii1gg;.,g o tvpic|al western boom't owirr-iinil <;1 i IA t •worth of standard equipment
and $ 1 (.Cl00 in Gold. away each day until December 22nd. just copie into being here in-, the kt ' i> it froth receiving tin- n.-dits- to
— l4o Vole* to be Publiahed will no doubt he the one who drives Texas ifanhandle, where an oil boom "Liili it. s w tk entitle it. .. .... .
At no time during the campaign away the New Ford Car. of huge) proportions was on. Borger Afte* a visit of inspection by one
will the vote be published or given
details! and the Stat
Lubbock Santarium where she was
taken for treatment.
About ,tyn days ago Mrs. Pope
became ill, medical skl^l was sought
nut she continued to grow worse
until..re)ieyed liy death.
______She was a faithful member of the
Prescription department at the Alex-
ander Drug Company Store.
First Bajgist Church and took an
This is not a Beauty or Popularity was reputed the country’s wicked- V < he _ S'ate High School Inspectors, active’ I art in the church wiu;iC_am!
Walter E. Taylor left SatUl^
for his home in San Angelo afte
visit with his brother, Rev. B.
i aylor While on tlte ' tr)|F”
on a camp hunt in Newr Mexico/
m*..
out..Hereafter the vote will be count- Contest, just a straight TnVwarVTbusi- est city-j—hut also the city where lhe 1 hie! uf that division of the hei lovable. Christian character en-
the real fortune/ might easily be made. Ram- l?l ard of EdugfUion jin a letter i dean d her to the hearts of all wHo
vvljere 1(1,000 to 1 **y Superintendent W. E. Fry. knew #her. I'
s: Ihe holly
"hi order tlmt the school ma\ [»e
For Christmas Novelties, visit the Many) were making fortunes iif inop'ily certified it is essential that
Gift Shop at WiVst Texas Furniture Borger. But to do so one had to have "minimum requirements be met. lo
Co. . 15 It i ither < apital or lin k. Ramsey had *h.it end the Supervisor who reeyntlv
’. .. t-'Amcither. So he set to wdWf--at -the > ‘,ul svho.,l makes the follow -
_ bottom. Hnfr >'eoniendatw,ns:
ed and the relative standing of can-
didates given 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
Who’ll Win thr Ford Car
Following are the names of candi-
ites who have been nominated anil
Jjgnified their determination to wTn
Ford Car.
ness proposition in which
workers * will he winners. WORK sey citnje to Borger,
and work alone will win "Lets Go.’’—people \jvere making a city out of a
lonely prairie waste.
Mrs. C. Standifer and child
of Los Angeles California, arr|
here last week and will make
extended visit wjth her father .
mother Mr. and'’ Mrs. W. G. Lj
-t
Music and expression pupils in recital
The following is tk« program of a recital to be
given By thnAnusic and expression pupils of Mesdames
McKinnon and Breedlove at the High School Amlitorum.
Friday evening at x o’clo k:
’Valse Aiqihesqi
Theodore
Alva Ruth Davis
Lack. op. m2
yiTest Ma'n inVMi>_^iYH-t4dlJ--
' —Louise Rush
‘Mania Won’t You Buy Me a Baby” Geo. L. Siiaudling
Charotte Roach, Accompanist, Mary Etta Roueh
F. L. Morley, op. 3 1
Belma Lee Johnson
“ Awaycto tjie Woods”
f^uth Fowler, Belle < ’ole,
“Peae^ F'ie”
"Patch Work Polka”
> ina^iltli
Elsie M. Wilbur
"Oh!" . ,
Johnnie Hawkins,
Lela Mae Johnsc
tr
I (avis
Marie'
Hughes, Mary Jane ~M;mee.
Donna Wilmeth, Louise Rush;
“Inmate of the Dungeon”
Lela MgeLlohnson
“Skating"
Virginia
C. W.
Magee
‘The Bumble Bee’
’Valse’
Truett Hughes
Bierne Davis
‘Mama’s Precious Darling”
‘Pies and Cakes”
Dorthy Magee
‘Drive Around (he Lake”
Mary Emma King
‘Dorthy’s Mustn’ts”
Charlotte
Ella
Roach
C. B. Morrow
Krogman, op 1 10
Nellie Wood
Ben Goddard
Elsie M. Wilbur
Eleoy Hayward
it
Jenkin*
Wheeler Wilcox
Drippled Jim*’
Ma^ry Jane Magee
L. M.
-‘‘Sunny Jim”
Irene and Mary Etta Roach
jm Mama”
Alma Ruth McCullough
ie House, Ava Ruth Davis
ra Boyd
Stout
V
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In a little shack, less than 20 feet 1 • T1,;,t $200 he spent to standard-
frontage on a dusty husinesff street, L.i- the English and History libraries,
He did most iUI<l $*a(J hrjng the grade libra-
ries um to standard.
was sTilpfieTT tTi Staljf
lexas, her old home, where the fun-
eral services will be conducted, anp -—
she will belaid to rest in the family* Mr. and Mrs. L. IL Alliso;
cemetery. _ last week for W^Jnut Springs,
I’1 sides her husband she leavekajhey visited a'cfaughter, Mrs.
three sons, Lloyd, Kyle and Royse. Leigon. This week, Mr. Alii:
and her mother Mrs. Neal who were attending the Masonic Gra
at her bedside when death came.
at Waco.
he started his bakery,
of the work himself, and Mrs. Ram-
sey put on an uporn and helped him.
Birstn err- improved— Soon Mrs.
Ramsey did not need to help, as
there was enough money to -hire
workers. Now mamsey, too, has ceas-
ed manual labor and confines him-
self to directing the enterprise.
The shop's sales" total about $400 •* K!U'*‘ Bulletin
a day, and are rising steadily.
Ramsey’s return to financial- sta-
bility. incidentlly, has been accom-
panied by a taming process for the
town of Borger. No longer is this
the Country’s wickedest town. Vice
2. a standard map 1
chased for American history.
The one in" use is .not standard. I
can be used In the grades.
3. Thai additional equipment
pur
Santa Claus Coming
on Visit'to Levelland
■J. D. Ervin, left yesterday ffl
home at Snyder, Oklahoma,
a several days visit with hisj
Charley and T. L. Ervin, who ]
a few miles west of town.
•Lilly. Old Santa-is coming to Level- atcompanied his,father on hisj
purchased for physics to bring the land.. He has so many engagements heme,
laboratory up to the standard f the thi., season that he could not get
here until Christmas eve, but he is
It is hoped that the la'amdoi ies coming and every child in Hockley
:n the new building-will be standard County will have an ^opportunity o£
in every particular. secihg him.
L.’That standard dictionaries be The Lykes & Bowiqan Drugstore
bought.
irrtorms us that they have at* last
That standard mtips, charts, and Colton into communication with him
.gambling and lighting have largely globes be bought for thi\. grades. and that he has promised to he at
ceased. Borger is notable only, for That special effort he made. Jo t!l<'ir store on Christmas Eve day
its prosperity. improve the standard of English •''"'a 9 a. in. until 6 o’clock p. m.,
Ramsey Wits offered the post of Throughout the school. at which time they extend a cordial
mayor, but W'as too busy to accept. *■ That the inpe lost tor cotton imitation to all the children to come
He has. however, let his associates picking be made -up. afnd'U report of and see him. This will be Children
elect him president “of the Chamber 'this he sent to the ■ Department at the and Mothers’ ' day at this popular
of Commerce. . ‘‘ljise of the school year, and that •'"’tore.
His friends see hint well on the "Bat is considered an emergency this
year not be allowed to become a
custom. 1
K. That! material submitted for-ac-
crediting Jie given careful considera-
tion. i
9. That the school he cumniFTitlcd
Jot the following evidences of pro-
gress :
a. Departmental work has been
introduced in the grades. . _
h. $b0,y((f) bond has Jieen in-
Clarence Hording, of
Texas, is here this week j
Hoyt Ford. He reports fir
in his section of the State tl
arid that the farmers have a]
ishietl gathering the field
the ginning being about all’
Miss Christine Barnhart,
in Lech College at Lubbock, spen
the week end here visiting her fathq
Joe M. Barnhart, and also to be
hi r sister, Mrs. Harry Trueblood,]
is visiting here from Oklahoj
wav to become again
-West‘s financial' leaders.
one of the
He will dlso answer all letters
written to him prior to December 20.
Read the announcement shown on
the back page.
1926 Study Club
Brings Entertainers
DALI.AS FINANCIER
Miss Ruth I’irtle, head Of the
Department of Public Speaking at
Tech .C.idlege at Lubbock, accom-
panied by Miss Annis Owens, a
violinist, will appear at the High
traduced in the grades,
h.
Mr. M. Stroud, of Rolje]
Texas is here visiting
Sheriff J. A. Stroud. Thi^
first visit to the Plains in t^
and he is greatly surfirisetj
development which this cou
VISITS LEVELt/Ar^D undergone within that timej
——ri_ I,
Clarence E. Linz, a dii’C'etor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
and Vice-President apd _
..... ......
Mrs. Don L. Matheson,
_ spent the early part o#
reasurer | ^er husband, |wh
Company, was 'n"vwitor atuTc ''S > Pro'^rs oF Math«
A $0*0.000 bond has made pos- Nafiopal Bank here Monday. I ‘SJ ' • A? ■ ■
School Auditorium on Friday evcniffgV sihle n new high school building and In speaking of the outlooK for the 1 "’r* ■ h,!1
December 10, under the auspices of two ward buildings. Thf high ' coming year,. he stated that while! , lh*
TFTe 192ti study Cliih. ~ '"sCTiniM-hb11 fH "InMlrn imicfss■ at wwnM -he somewhat harder ___;
Miss Pirtle is a daughter of Rev. construction and will be a splendid to get and credits would not be(-j( M
7L B. Pirtle, pastor of the First structure with equipment- equal to quite so liberal as formerly, general/4k’,n r"
Methodist Church of Lhis city, and the best in the state. ' conditions were net so bad as had ' V.' n*"*r® nai
has had much experibnee in concert j c. School property has been pur- been painted. 1 (lau*hBer. Mrs. Ml
work. The program will consist of chased for $4400 nnad other acreage Mr. Linz thinks this ia the com- ^ p*”"eer“ °f
readings and numbers on the violin. | added by a gjft. ing country and says the next big, ^ ^
d. 100 trees have been^^^tnted 1 developms
around the campu^
e. * $200 has beer
provement- of a wg
These'ladies'are now touring the
/towns of the South Plains and are
‘excellent entertainers. Those who
j attend are assured of a rare
tMAU- The., admission., .will be 10 [>100,
jjdll in his^estimation ;
s also,
pli-
the fir
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Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. [16], Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1926, newspaper, December 3, 1926; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154266/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.